As soon as the fleet left, Fanning was invited by Di Qing to the barracks to marshal tent, although he approved Fanning's plan to support the rebels in northeastern Japan against the emperor's army, but he also wanted to discuss the specific details with Fanning.

In the big tent, Fanning spread out a map of Japan, he pointed to the northeast region of Japan where the rebellion took place, and said slowly: "The northeast region of Japan is the northern area of the Japanese island close to our Kunzhou, this area is mixed by the Japanese and the Ezo natives, called Mutsu and Dewa ......."

"Wait!"

Di Qing interrupted Fan Ning's words, "Please allow me to interject, since the Japanese imperial court regards the Northeast region as a foreign country, then Kunzhou is a foreign country outside of a foreign country, how can they claim that this is the land of Japan?" ”

Fan Ning sneered and said: "They didn't care about Kunzhou at all before, and they didn't want Kunzhou, the key is that our existence has formed a threat to Japan, and they can't tolerate it, just now Japan has also considered developing to the Northeast and wants to conquer the Northeast region, and Mutsu resolutely resisted, which led to the outbreak of war between Mutsu and Japan." ”

After a pause, Fan Ning said: "Actually, the natives of the peninsula regard us as the army of the Japanese court, and the natives of the peninsula and the natives of the northeast region of Japan are in the same spirit, and the natives of the northeast region are fighting fiercely with the imperial court, and we happen to appear at this time, and the natives of the peninsula naturally regard us as enemies, but it makes no sense to say this now." ”

Di Qing pondered and asked, "You mean that the natives in the Northeast are fighting fiercely with the Japanese court?" ”

"It's not exactly, it's actually the separatist forces in the northeast of Japan who are fighting fiercely with the imperial court, and the natives are just troops hired by the separatist forces, and both sides don't want the imperial court to get involved in the northeast region, so they join forces to deal with the imperial court."

Di Qing laughed, "Actually, we don't want the Japanese imperial court to get involved in the northeast region. ”

Fanning smiled and nodded, "The Northeast region is a natural barrier between us and Japan, and I also hope that they can continue to maintain it for two or three hundred years." ”

"Then how can we support the Tohoku region in fighting against the Japanese Imperial Court?"

Fan Ning thought for a while and said: "I have thought about it carefully, I propose to support the Northeast Army with defensive weapons, mainly shields and leather armor, but also to support bows and arrows, if necessary, we can send a small elite army to join the Northeast Army and defeat the Japanese Imperial Army with strong crossbows and firearms, but the condition for supporting the Northeast Army is that they must recognize the legal status of the Great Song Dynasty against Kunzhou." ”

"Do you think they'll agree?"

Fanning smiled slightly: "I think they will gladly agree!" ”

Di Qing took a few steps and said to Fan Ning: "You are solely responsible for this matter, and I will fully support you as many troops and armor as you need." ”

"Thank you, Di Shuai!"

At this time, Di Qing remembered something again and smiled: "I forgot to tell you, the gunpowder raw materials you asked for last time have been delivered with the supply ship, and ten gunpowder craftsmen have also come with the ship, you can call them at any time." ”

Fanning was overjoyed, he had been waiting for this day for months, and he had finally waited.

In fact, when the craftsmen explored Kunzhou, they found that there were a large number of high-quality saltpeter and sulfur in the volcanic rock formations here, but it was more troublesome to purify saltpeter, and it was not as fine as the imperial court's production, so Fanning still hoped to use the raw materials of the imperial court.

However, at this time, he didn't care about the gunpowder, he needed to establish contact with the warlords in the northeast first, and arrange this matter.

Returning to the official office of the Jingluo Mansion, since Zhao Zongshi had returned to the Great Song Dynasty, Fan Ning was actually the acting envoy of Jingluo and became the highest administrative official in Kunzhou.

Returning to the official room and sitting down, Fan Ning asked Yu Xiaonian to be engaged in the city division, and after a while, Yu Xiaonian walked quickly, bowed down and said, "See Fan Yushi!" ”

Yu Xiaonian only came back from Nagasaki yesterday morning, and he had just taken a day off, and he was about to be arrested by Fanning again.

Fan Ning smiled: "There is a very important task that you may need to complete by Yu Yuanjun!" ”

Yu Xiaonian immediately said: "Please tell Yu Shi, you can set off at any time!" ”

Fanning unfolded the map of Japan and pointed to the Tohoku region: "This is the northeastern region of Japan, consisting of the country of Dewa and the country of Mutsu, the country of Dewa in the west and the country of Mutsu in the east, each of which is ruled by a powerful family.

The strong people of Dewa Province are called the Kiyohara clan, the current patriarch is called Kiyohara Mitsuyori, the powerful people of the Mutsu Province are called the Abe clan, and the patriarch is called Abe Yorishi, and now the Abe clan is building a rebellion against the imperial court, and we have decided to support the Abe clan to fight against the Japanese court, and if the Abe clan is willing to accept assistance, we can support 1,000 pairs of armor, shields, and bows and arrows, and if necessary, we can also send troops to assist them in the battle. ”

Yu Xiaonian groaned and said, "Then what conditions do we need them to agree to?" ”

Fan Ning secretly praised Yu Xiaonian for his clear mind and ability to grasp the key points, and he smiled slightly: "Our conditions are very simple, we need Abe's to recognize that Kunzhou belongs to the Great Song Dynasty, and the armor will be given away free of charge!" ”

"But..... Isn't this condition too simple? ”

Yu Xiaonian was a little puzzled, Abe's was not a court court, and he didn't have much point in admitting Kunzhou.

Fanning said lightly: "This is just an excuse, the main thing is that we want to support the Abe clan in the war with the Japanese court, and Abe's rebellion is in our interests." ”

After a pause, Fanning said: "If the Japanese imperial army is defeated miserably, I hope we will no longer support the Abe clan, then it is our condition to recognize Kunzhou as the territory of the Great Song Dynasty." ”

Yu Xiaonian suddenly realized, and immediately bowed down and said: "I understand my humble duties, and I will set off for Muzu Olympic Country today." ”

Fanning smiled and waved his hand, "Don't be in a hurry, rest for two days and then go, this Japanese civil war can't end in a day or two." ”

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Yu Xiaonian said goodbye and retired, and Fanning paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands.

This rebellion that took place in the Heiankyo period happened to know that it was ostensibly a rebellion of the Ampere clan, but in fact, it was actually an attempt by the Japanese Kwantung samurai group represented by the Seiwa Genji clan to get involved in the Tohoku region, which provoked resistance from the local warlords.

This is the famous battle of the first nine years in Japanese history, and the consequence of this battle is that the Tohoku region is no longer the country of Japan's Dongyi.

It's just that the Great Song Dynasty occupied Kunzhou, and the Song army was inevitably involved in this close battle in the Northeast.

Since the Song army sent an envoy, Fanning believes that Abe Yorishi will soon send an envoy to pay a return visit, and then discuss the cooperation between the two sides in detail.

At this time, Fanning remembered that the raw materials for gunpowder from the Song Dynasty had been delivered, so he left the official office and headed for the warehouse in the northwest corner of the county.

The warehouse is located in the northwest of the county, the area occupies the entire county seat of three-tenths, just here to hoard as much as 300,000 stones, as well as 500,000 taels of silver, as well as a large number of armor, pig iron, oil and other military supplies, as well as cloth, tea, salt and other daily necessities, and can no longer be stored, there are a large number of materials have to be hoarded on the ships in the bay.

A second large warehouse is being built on the Bay Pier in full swing to be completed before the winter snow arrives.

Fan Ning walked quickly to the warehouse, now that the warehouse has been handed over to him to be in charge, he doesn't need to show any arrows to enter the warehouse, the treasurer Yan Jing took Fan Ning to the front of the firearms warehouse, pointed to a dozen large wooden boxes and said: "The gunpowder raw materials transported are here!" ”

The raw materials of gunpowder are mainly nitrate, toner and sulfur, but the main ones sent are nitrate, which is as much as 2,000 catties, 1,000 catties of sulfur, and only a few hundred catties of toner, all of which are placed in a small jar of black porcelain, 30 catties of an altar, and charcoal flakes are placed in the compartment of the box, which is dry and kept very well.

Fanning grabbed a handful of nitrate powder and took a closer look, the Song Dynasty was already very skilled in making nitrate, using egg whites and carrots for purification, the purity of nitrate is very high, not much different from later generations, and even more than the Ming and Qing dynasties in purity.

However, the Song Dynasty still lacks in the cognition of gunpowder, although the purification and ink grinding process is very exquisite, but they are mixed together according to a certain proportion of fine powder, directly in the porcelain bottle, on the one hand, it is easy to get damp, not to mention, more importantly, the proportion of several raw materials is different, and it is easy to appear in the process of transportation, resulting in the burning of light nitrate powder or charcoal burning, so that the effect of firearms is not good.

This is the reason why firearms do not play a decisive role in war, they are not powerful, the degree of damage is not large, the success rate is low, and to a large extent they only play the role of ignition.

It should be made of gunpowder into mung bean-sized granules to ensure that the composition of each gunpowder particle is the same, and there are gaps between the gunpowder, the combustion speed will be much faster, so that the combustion is more sufficient, the gas expansion is more violent, and the explosive force is stronger.

In fact, the Song Dynasty spent more than 100 years exploring from the early use of gunpowder to the later invention of the iron-clad thunderbolt, and decades of time were omitted here in Fanning.

Fan Ning immediately ordered: "Send three hundred catties of each of the three raw materials to the official office, and send them now!" ”

After a pause, he asked, "Is there shochu?" ”

"Yes! There is strong shochu. ”

"Twenty catties of soju will also be sent!"

Fanning signed the receipt and returned to the official office

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